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The Merry Macs, the Glossary

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The Merry Macs were an American and British close-harmony pop music quartet who were active from the 1920s until 2000.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Abbott and Costello, Bing Crosby, Chopsticks, Close and open harmony, Decca Records, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Elisha Cook Jr., Fred Allen, Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, Imogene Lynn, In the Mood, Joe Haymes, Love Thy Neighbor (1940 film), Mairzy Doats, Minneapolis, Pop Goes the Weasel, Pop music, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Ray Noble, Red Skelton, Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942 film), Sentimental Journey (song), Six Hits and a Miss, Sulfonamide (medicine), The Modernaires, Universal Pictures, Victor Talking Machine Company, Vitaphone, Vocal Group Hall of Fame, WCCO (AM).

  2. Era Records artists
  3. Majestic Records artists
  4. Musical groups disestablished in 1964
  5. Musical groups established in the 1920s

Abbott and Costello

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, actor, television producer, television and radio personality, and businessman.

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Chopsticks

Chopsticks are shaped pairs of equal-length sticks that have been used as kitchen and eating utensils in most of East Asia for over three millennia.

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Close and open harmony

A chord is in close harmony (also called close position or close structure) if its notes are arranged within a narrow range, usually with no more than an octave between the top and bottom notes.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Deep in the Heart of Texas

"Deep in the Heart of Texas" is an American popular song about Texas.

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Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in film noir.

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Fred Allen

John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian.

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Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers

Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers were an American smooth harmony popular music singing group of the mid-20th century consisting of Carroll (a female singer) and the Satisfiers (three male singers, Bob Lange, Ted Hansen and Art Lambert) Helen Carroll was the stage name of Helen Kress (né Fulk) (May 23, 1914, Bloomington, Indiana – February 21, 2011, Rye, New Hampshire).

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I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" is a popular American song written in 1918, released in late 1919, becoming a number one hit for Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra.

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Imogene Lynn

Imogene Lynn (1922 – 2003) was a 20th-century American jazz and pop singer.

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In the Mood

"In the Mood" is a popular big band-era jazz standard recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller.

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Joe Haymes

Joseph Lawrence Haymes (February 10, 1907 – July 10, 1964) was an American jazz bandleader and arranger.

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Love Thy Neighbor (1940 film)

Love Thy Neighbor is a film produced by Paramount in 1940 which starred Jack Benny and Fred Allen, directed by Mark Sandrich.

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Mairzy Doats

“Mairzy Doats” is a novelty song written and composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

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Pop Goes the Weasel

"Pop! Goes the Weasel" (Roud 5249) is a traditional English and American song, a country dance, nursery rhyme, and singing game that emerged in the mid-19th century.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" is an American patriotic song by Frank Loesser, published as sheet music in 1942 by Famous Music Corp.

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Ray Noble

Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United States.

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Red Skelton

Richard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show.

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Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942 film)

Ride 'Em Cowboy is a 1942 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Johnny Mack Brown, Ella Fitzgerald (in her first film appearance), Samuel S. Hinds, Douglas Dumbrille, Morris Ankrum, and directed by Arthur Lubin.

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Sentimental Journey (song)

"Sentimental Journey" is a popular song published in 1944.

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Six Hits and a Miss

Six Hits and a Miss was an American swing-era singing group.

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Sulfonamide (medicine)

Sulfonamide is a functional group (a part of a molecule) that is the basis of several groups of drugs, which are called sulphonamides, sulfa drugs or sulpha drugs.

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The Modernaires

The Modernaires were an American vocal group, best known for performing in the 1940s alongside Glenn Miller.

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Universal Pictures

Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (informally as Universal Studios or also known simply as Universal) is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Universal Studios, which is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.

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Victor Talking Machine Company

The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901.

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Vitaphone

Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931.

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Vocal Group Hall of Fame

The Vocal Group Hall of Fame & Museum Company Inc. was an American-based hall of fame that honored vocal groups throughout the United States.

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WCCO (AM)

WCCO (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios and offices are located on Second Avenue South in Downtown Minneapolis.

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See also

Era Records artists

Majestic Records artists

Musical groups disestablished in 1964

Musical groups established in the 1920s

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Macs

Also known as Merry Macs.